Discovery: Local production follows the daily lives of the group Eagle’s Military Police-Discovery: Produção local acompanha o dia a dia do grupamento águia da Polícia Militar

Discovery: Local production follows the daily lives of the grouping Eagle’s Military Police Series bringing medical and police operations conducted with the helicopter fleet of the PM of Sao Paulo and the dramas experienced by pilots and rescuers

– To follow the footsteps of men and women who venture to save lives. This is the proposal of EAGLES OF THE CITY, the new series debuting Brazilian Discovery on October 10, Wednesday, at 22:20. Divided into eight episodes, the production takes viewers on flights conducted by dramatic police car Grouping Air (GRPAe), Military Police of São Paulo, better known as the Eagles. This is a daily work done by competent professionals, capable of transforming unforeseen accidents and fatalities opportunities for the triumph of life. Pilots, doctors and nurses who are always working on the edge, either time or resources and medical technicians.

EAGLES CITY is a project that involved major challenges, including access to military police and logistics mounted with micro digital cameras, installed in helicopters and attached to the body of the members of the teams Grouping Air. After more than two months of pre-production, were more than six months of unlimited access to the recordings with Grouping, resulting in almost 1000 hours of footage that record exciting moments.

Dynamic CITY EAGLES gathers all the action that takes place in the cabin of helicopters and call centers, capturing the joys and frustrations of its protagonists. Since the arrival of the call, through the displacement of the team, risky maneuvers and landings until the relief provided to stabilize the injured person and take it to referral hospitals. The series also shows that despite the frantic pace of the work in question, the urgency should not compromise the safety of the rescue team – pilots are highly trained, and to be part of this select group, the tests are rigorous. The preparation of the officers who are part of the Reverse Split Air is also the focus of the eight episodes.

The Reverse Split Air Military Police works closely with the Fire Department and the Operations Center of the Military Police to meet the most serious and urgent needs of about 30 000 calls received daily in the city. And in this megalopolis where jams are constant tens of kilometers, often help can only come from above. EAGLES CITY gives voice to these characters, unsung heroes who keep the population of São Paulo. Stories of life who are dedicated to serve and do good in a city where chaos is imposed every minute.

CITY EAGLES is a co-production between Discovery and Mixer with incentive Ancine by Article 39. By the Mixer, is the general direction of Rodrigo Astiz and direction of Sergio Zeigler. At Discovery, the project was supervised by Carla Bridge, Rafael Rodriguez and Michela Giorelli.

About Discovery

The Discovery is a global brand dedicated to creating high quality content based on real life. Its mission is to inform, entertain and satisfy the curiosity of his audience through a varied program in science, technology, nature, history, human adventure and world culture. Launched in the U.S. in 1985, and in Latin America in 1994, the Discovery is present in more than 200 countries and territories.

One of the main producers of the Brazilian market, Mixer performs audiovisual content in all genres and for all platforms, both on demand and in developing their own content. Over the past eight years, the Mixer has become known for his productions in the areas of advertising, TV and film. Among them are TV series, such as the award winning “Julie and Ghosts” (Band / Nickeleoden), “Brilliant FC” (TV Brazil); “Mothern” (GNT), “Funky” (MTV / Band), the animated series in “School For Dogs” (Nickeleoden / TV Cultura) and “Site Yellow Woodpecker” (TV Globo). The internationally award-winning documentary series for Discovery, including “The Murder of Jean Charles,” “St. Paul Under Attack” and “Challenge Double Dose”. In the movie, the mixer is equipped with the award-winning feature film “Beetle” (Disney / Globofilmes), and “Dirty Hearts” (Downtown / Globofilmes).